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There are few differences between classical and modern grammar - anyone who is familiar with classical should have no problems at all with modern...the vice versa is not as true, but the problems should not be that large nevertheless. Some of the main differences are in: i) Syntax - (The way that words are arranged in sentences). The syntax of English is fairly fixed according to meaning- the difference between 'The boy hit the dog' and 'The dog hit the boy' is huge. This is because the syntax in an English verbal sentence is subject-verb-object. In Arabic however, I have the liberty and license to say both:ضرب الولدُ الكلبَ daraba al-waladu al-kalba, and ضرب الكلبَ الولدُ daraba al-kalba al-waladu. BOTH of these sentences would mean 'The boy hit the dog', even though I have swapped the words around. This is because the syntax of Arabic is extremely relaxed, due to the grammatical function of a word being dependant on its case ending (notice how 'wa...

Vocabulary growth Initially, in the infancy phase, vocabulary growth requires no effort. Infants hear words and mimic them, eventually associating them with objects and actions. This is the listening vocabulary . The speaking vocabulary follows, as a child's thoughts become more reliant on its ability to express itself without gestures and mere sounds. Once the reading and writing vocabularies are attained – through questions and education – the anomalies and irregularities of language can be discovered. In first grade, an advantaged student (i.e. a literate student) knows about twice as many words as a disadvantaged student. Generally, this gap does not tighten. This translates into a wide range of vocabulary size in the fifth and sixth grade, when students know about 2,500–5,000 words. These young students have learned an average of 3,000 words per year, approximately eight words per day. After leaving school, vocabulary growth plateaus. People may then expand their vocabulari...

The average native speaker of any language uses around a tenth of his vocabulary in everyday speech. In other words, around 1200 to 2000. Link: http://englishenglish.com/english_facts_13.htm 1) How many words do we need to know? It depends on what you want to do with the language. If the goal is to travel abroad, the most frequent 1000 words are probably enough. If you want to become fluent you will need a lot of words. The frequency of words declines quickly after the first 500 or even 1,000. In English (and many other languages), the most frequent 1,000 words may account for 70% of the content of a conversation , but the next 1,000 add only 3-5% , and after that there is not much difference in the utility of words regardless of where they place in the frequency lists. If the goal is to communicate comfortably, read, and become fluent in the language, I believe 5,000 word families, or 8,000 words is a realistic first goal. In any case we recommend learning a lot of words....

http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:Az2PtGxiON8J:www.sisteraishah.com/vocabularyofthequran.htm+number+of+words+in+the+quran&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=19 As one examines the statistics of the words of the Qur'an, the new words in each Juz decreases drastically. This is due to the fact that so many words are repeated many times in the Qur'an. The "VOCABULARY OF THE QUR'AN" contains approximately 1500 words which are repeated a total number of approximately 62,400 times which is approximately 80% of the total number of the words in the Glorious Qur'an. In effect by memorizing these 1500 words, one would be able to translate 62,400 words, which is 80% of the words of the Qur'an. This outstanding achievement is easily reachable to ALL -Young or old, novice or expert. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060926202600AAmUpuL Only about 2000 distinct words in Quraan In principle, if you take out the repeated words, the total numb...

"This is classified word lists for easy memorization, the words given in this booklet account for 82.6% (64282) of the total words (approx. 77800) of the Holy Qur'an." http://subulassalam.com/Vocabulary.aspx

The Quran is extremely concise and is a masterpiece of condensation. It leaves a great deal to the intelligence of the reader, urges reflection and appeals constantly to the understanding. Once he is convinced how richly rewarding that quest can be, he will find a vast domain opening out before him for his profitable exploration. He will be taken by the hand, by Divine Grace and Mercy, and led into a universe of the spirit of unsuspected and exceeding charm and beauty. The entire vocabulary of the Quran is derived from a little more than 1725 root words (most of them triliteral, that is, composed of three letters; some four; a couple five). Arabic, being a Semitic tongue, is highly derivative, that is, a few root words can produce thousands of variations, and often the variations range in meaning. For example, the root word janana produces a range of words and meanings that appear dozens of times in the Quran but that do not tarry very far from the original linguistic meaning of ja...

New Qur'anic vocabulary tool . It a continuous quiz on Qur'anic Arabic which contains words making up 59% of the Qur'an. http://commonquranicwords.railsplayground.net/words